Man charged in deadly stabbing in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood

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SEATTLE - A man who was arrested after a deadly stabbing in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood last week was charged for first-degree murder on Friday.

According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), at around 5:00 p.m. last Friday, officers responded to an apartment building in the 100 block of Cedar St. for reports of a stabbing.

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When officers and Seattle Fire crews arrived, they performed life-saving measures, but the victim, 38-year-old Devon Guion, died at the scene.

On Friday, the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office announced that they charged 58-year-old James D. McClinton Jr. with first-degree murder with a deadly weapon enhancement.